From another blog. Hmmm… interesting. In the last 5 years a significant portion of the arab nations have been putting in large electrified rail networks: Iran has connected all its main cities, and built promissory links to the borders of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkey. Syria is developing new lines, Libya is opening lines, the southern […]
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We are renovating the facade of the top floor with similar slate that was there before. It is called Pennsylvania Black diamond cut. It actually looks grey. PA Black is a little softer than other slates but still great stuff. We bought our slate from Doug Cochran at Reclaimed Roofs, Inc. Doug is a good
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Here is an example of the newest recessed LED lighting. There are two shown, one with a wider width than the other. By Juno. It is not cheap, coming in at around $225 US per light. They have heat sinks to keep them cool and each unit has the transformer built in. Why they put
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If you saw a house without the sheet rock you would be very surprised how many electric wires there are snaking all over the place. As in the world now, our house is a huge electromagnetic jungle with electromagnetic fields both big and small crisscrossing our bodies from many directions. Why Electrical Wiring Needed? As a
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I needed some help designing some stairs in the Brooklyn Green Show House. I knew what I wanted but I didn’t want the headache of calculating all the dimensions. It is basically a double turn and the space was tight so you had to be really careful with the measurements. So I posted an add
OK, so you’ve built a nice green kitchen. You’ve got your recycled wood cabinets, your Energy Star appliances, and your cork floor. You’ve invited some friends over for organic pasta. So just like Grandma used to cook pasta you fill a large pot full of water, right? WRONG! Grandma also smoked two packs of cigarettes
Here is a cool app courtesy of NaturalHomes.org. It shows all the natural homes in the world (at least the ones they know of, which is probably one tenth the real number). The map at first only shows the US, but we’ll forgive them their nationalism in light of our recent and proud presidential election.
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I just posted the straw bale web site as “web site of the week”, but that poses a problem because I find more than one good web site a week. So this one is web site of the day: NaturalHomes.org Great site. Check it out. ‘Nuf said!
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Hemp is touted as a wonder plant that cures all and builds all. Apparently you can make pretty much anything from it: soap, cars bodies, walls, glue, boats, you name it. Not that I would know since hemp is the forbidden plant cursed to spend it’s life with pot heads (a very dreary existence believe
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You might not have heard of the Ontario Straw Bale Building Coalition, in fact you may not even realize you needed to know about them. But the truth is that the world is a better place with them. Knowing such an organization is out there protecting straw bales world wide should give you a warm
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